28 Jun
2006
28 Jun
'06
7:16 p.m.
However I have a feeling it is not set up properly for
low-latency output with no resampling because it sounds exactly the same as ALSA, and the
software volume control in xmms and in the kmix is still working. After doing some
searching on google I have found that versions of JACK 0.80 and
under supported ASIO, but it was removed in later versions. Do you know how I would need
to set it up to get the functionality I am looking for?
And are there any newer music players that support FLAC and JACK output?
you could check out Audacious(1). its the GTK2 successor to XMMS, retaining its plugin
format and native ALSA/JACK output (the other main fork of xmms, BMPx, now uses
GStreamer).
im a bit concerned that you claim the quality is less. i know some windows players (namely
foobar2000) boast of full range 32bit-float interpolated decoding of originally 16bit
sources. generally theres a choice of mp3 decoders: lame,mpg123,mad. youd have to
experiment with compile-time options and different apps to see which one you prefer. the
only other likely source for quality loss is a realtime resampler from eg 44.1 to 48khz.
many mediocre soundcards, particular with jack, tend to default to 48khz, or are even
unable of operating at 44.1 directly..
FLACs sound fine to me in audacious. even with ATIIXP onboard sound piped to a set of
unpowered(!) monitors directly from the headphone jack...
1. http://audacious-media-player.org/Main_Page